“You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.”
— WEB
Jeremiah 12:2
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“Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.”
— KJV
“Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.”
— ASV
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Commentary
grow--literally "go on," "progress." Thou givest them sure dwellings and increasing prosperity. near in . . . mouth . . . far from . . . reins-- (Isa 29:13; Mat 15:8). Hypocrites.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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